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Four Lads Stacked In A Trench Coat

by Fivesixer

Rated: GC · Book · Personal · #2341182

Poetry inspired by The Beatles for The Beatles Musical Extravaganza.

Celebrating the magic of The Beatles. These entries are poems for "The Beatles Musical Extravaganza"

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Fivesixer

Jun 28, 2025 at 3:06pm
In response to "Every Now And Then"

Thanks Jenny!!

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Jellyfish

Jun 28, 2025 at 2:53pm
In response to "Every Now And Then"

I wasn't sure what KINTSUGI was so I looked it up, actually I have heard of the concept but I did not know that was the word. A good analogy to use in your poem

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Jellyfish

Jun 24, 2025 at 2:59pm
In response to "She's Leaving Behind"

I actually did not guess she was going to another state to get an abortion, but now you have said that I get it!

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Fivesixer

Jun 23, 2025 at 9:04pm
In response to "Get Back! (For Jojo And Loretta)"

Thanks Bri!! The Jojo here is made up, but there's definitely a Loretta in my apartment building I used as partial inspiration.

Brigitte

Jun 23, 2025 at 8:59pm
In response to "Get Back! (For Jojo And Loretta)"

Love this. We all know a JoJo.To our own luck. Grateful for this enchanting poem

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Fivesixer

Jun 23, 2025 at 4:57pm
In response to "She's Leaving Behind"

Thanks so much for the kind words, Jenny! Yeah, it's set in the American south, where states are trying to ban abortions and make it a crime to travel to another state to get one. This activity has been a lot of fun.

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Jellyfish

Jun 23, 2025 at 4:22pm
In response to "She's Leaving Behind"

I love this Version of "She's leaving Home" - When I was a kid my Mum used to play the Sgt Pepper album and I loved this one, I like the way you have set it in America (Greyhound?) To make it a bit different. It tells a story and flows well. You have written some great poems for this competition!

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Fivesixer

Jun 17, 2025 at 7:49pm
In response to "So Tired"

Thank you for catching the "old woke" reference!! And I am also aware of these remedies of which you speak

. Thanks for takin' a peek!

Brigitte

Jun 17, 2025 at 7:46pm
In response to "So Tired"

Well, I know a herbal remedy or two...or some physical activity
that might do, might do.
Hugs and chin up.
We of the great order of wokeness will win in the end.
Just ait, around the bend,
even those Repubs bubs will see
throught the orange hate and glee

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Fivesixer

Jun 17, 2025 at 7:44pm
In response to "Rigby"

Thanks Bri...caught a few people off guard on Twitter.

June 23, 2025 at 2:32pm

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She's Leaving Behind

A typical day. A typical girl.
A typical family. A typical home.
She gathers what she can
in her duffel bag, but the
sorrow doesn't fit. Off to
the station to catch the Greyhound;
a friendlier state to shed her shame.
Eighteen and barely out of school,
not ready for a lifetime of poor choices
saddling her future. Her parents
and her Croupier beau mustn't know.
Her life flashes by as she
looks out the window. "How could I
be so cruel and unkind?" Facing
a consequence makes a
different woman out of her
in ways it'll take her years to see.
Reaching the destination, she
arrives as two destined
to leave as herself, scarred
but sure she's doing what's best.
Maybe she'll start a new life
here, should she not return
but that's not for now to decide.
"Just get this over with" is
all that goes through her mind
but the guilt gone is the one thing
her money can't buy.

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